different between bereave vs unlive

English

Etymology

From Middle English bireven, from Old English ber?afian (“to bereave, deprive of, take away, seize, rob, despoil”), from Proto-Germanic *biraub?n?, and Old English ber?ofan (“to bereave, deprive, rob of”); both equivalent to be- +? reave. Cognate with Dutch beroven (“to rob, deprive, bereave”), German berauben (“to deprive, rob, bereave”), Danish berøve (“to deprive of”), Norwegian berove (“to deprive”), Swedish beröva (“to rob”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (biraub?n).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /b???i?v/
• Rhymes: -i?v

Verb

bereave (third-person singular simple present bereaves, present participle bereaving, simple past and past participle bereaved or bereft)

1. (transitive) To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip; to benim.
   • 1719, Thomas Tickell, On the Death of Mr. Addison

     bereft of him who taught me how to sing

2. (transitive, obsolete) To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
3. (transitive) To deprive of power; prevent.
4. (transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.

5. (intransitive, rare) To destroy life; cut off.

Derived terms

• bereavement
• bereaver

Related terms

• reave

Translations

English

Etymology 1

From un- +? live, as in alive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?la?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Verb

unlive (third-person singular simple present unlives, present participle unliving, simple past and past participle unlived)

1. (transitive) To bereave or deprive of life; make unalive.

Etymology 2

From un- +? live.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?l?v/
• Rhymes: -?v

Verb

unlive (third-person singular simple present unlives, present participle unliving, simple past and past participle unlived)

1. (transitive) To undo having lived (a period of time) (for example, by living it in reverse), so that it ceases to have happened.

   I wish I could unlive the last ten years.

Anagrams

• unveil